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Clean up and create art

guenther — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:49:16 +0000

http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Clean-create-art/story-25941097-detail/story.html

Clean up and create art

By Cornish Guardian | Posted: January 29, 2015

THE saying goes that one person’s trash is another’s treasure and that
is certainly the case with a new exhibition opening taking place on
Monday at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth.

Stranded features the work of artist Joanna Atherton, who creates
colourful tapestries from fishing line, netting, rope and other
unexpected items left washed up on our beaches by the great ocean currents.

Joanna’s weavings command a closer look. The orphaned objects, a
miniscule fraction of the millions of tonnes of marine litter that enter
our seas every year, are rescued and gathered together to tell new stories.

„I don’t know whether an obsessive personality is a prerequisite of the
diligent beachcomber, or if I am stirring up something much older; a
primeval instinct from our hunter gatherer days,“ said Joanna.

„Either way, I am leaving the beach a little bit cleaner as a result of
my flotsam weaving.“

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Current Collections Sculpture

guenther — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:24:31 +0000

http://youtu.be/lECoVx0mNlU

Current Collections Sculpture

Embodied Energy Studio

Published on 16 Oct 2014

Current Collections is an inquiry based, experiential public art
sculpture made of reclaimed and recycled coastal debris. This summer we
invited the community to participate in the creation of the sculpture by
making sea ?owers and crustaceans from recycled plastic bags and
bottles. Five pathways made from debris converge to replicate the water
current patterns of a vortex, where trash accumulates, within an ocean gyre.
Current Collections will debut and be the focal point of the 2014 & 2015
St. Petersburg, Florida Science Festival, attended by 25,000+ people and
the 2014 Blue Ocean Film Festival. The sculpture will also exhibit in
downtown Atlanta, Georgia, Earth Day 2015. Learn more :
http://www.seatheunseen.com/

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The Clean Community-Clean Coasts project debuts a Marine Debris Sculpture at the St. Petersburg, Florida

guenther — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:23:09 +0000

http://marinedebrisblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/the-clean-community-clean-coasts-project-debuts-a-marine-debris-sculpture-at-the-st-petersburg-fl-science-festival/

The Clean Community-Clean Coasts project debuts a Marine Debris
Sculpture at the St. Petersburg, FL Science Festival

October 29, 2014 by NOAA Marine Debris Program

By: Kim Albins

At this year?s fourth annual St. Petersburg Science Festival I met one
of our new Prevention through Education and Outreach partners from the
University of South Florida ? College of Marine Science. Their project,
Clean Community-Clean Coast (4 C?s for short), has the goal of bringing
the community of St. Petersburg together to prevent marine debris and to
change behavior related to littering. The opening act of the project was
a massive, colorful marine debris sculpture. ?The Current Collections? a
40ft wide and 30ft high ocean gyre-like sculpture created quite a buzz
at Science Fest and received international press coverage.

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High School students get creative with marine debris

guenther — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:12:10 +0000

http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/media/photo_of_week.html

Previous Photos of the Week

High School students get creative with marine debris. Exhibit at the
Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward Alaska

For the week of 10/27/2014

"On Tuesday, I had a little extra time in the afternoon, so I decided to
ride my bike down to the Alaska SeaLife Center which is a must-see if
you ever find yourself in Seward. There were Harbor Seals (Phoca
vitulina), Stellar Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus), Puffins (Genus
Fratercula), Pacific Salmon (Genus Oncorhynchus) and much more. I really
appreciated that the SeaLife Center focused on both conservation and on
organisms that live in this area. A local high school even had their art
students make an exhibit out of trash found on the beach to highlight
the major environmental issue of trash that finds its way to the ocean."
- Lauren Wilmoth

 From Lauren Wilmoth: Safety First, October 8, 2014
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Photo By: Lauren Wilmoth

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WASHED UP

guenther — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:55:58 +0000

http://www.alejandroduran.com/#washedup

WASHED UP

Transforming A Trashed Landscape

Washed Up is an ongoing project by Mexican-born, New York-based artist
Alejandro Durán that addresses the issue of plastic pollution making its
way across the ocean and onto the shores of Sian Ka?an, Mexico?s largest
federally-protected reserve. With more than twenty pre-Colombian
archaeological sites, this UNESCO World Heritage site is also home to a
vast array of flora and fauna and the world?s second largest coastal
barrier reef. Unfortunately, Sian Ka?an is also a repository for the
world?s trash, which is carried there by ocean currents from many parts
of the globe...

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Annual „Keep The Sea Free of Debris Art Contest!“

guenther — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:15:14 +0000

http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/outreach/artcontest.html

Annual "Keep The Sea Free of Debris Art Contest!"

The last day to submit entries is November 17, 2014.

Eligibility
All students in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade from all U.S.
states and territories?recognized public, private, and home schools are
eligible to participate. Schools, including home schools, must be in
compliance with federal and state civil rights and nondiscrimination
statutes. Students must work individually.

For a complete list of contest rules, download the 2015 Marine Debris
Art Contest Flyer, located under the "Resources" box.

Criteria for Art & Description
Each entry must be composed of a piece of artwork and a description (on
entry form). All must meet the requirements below. Students are highly
encouraged to check out the rest of the NOAA Marine Debris Program's
website for information about marine debris.

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SEA CHAIR: Into the Gyre

guenther — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:04:42 +0000

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1715854418/sea-chair-into-the-gyre

SEA CHAIR: Into the Gyre

by Studio Swine

VOYAGE INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE WITH A SOLAR 3D PRINTER, TURNING
OCEAN PLASTIC INTO BESPOKE FURNITURE - MADE AT SEA FROM THE SEA.

We have always been drawn to the sea, a fascination which led us to
first conceive the ?Sea Chair? a project which is about making furniture
using plastic that is polluting our oceans. We first heard about the
huge problem of marine plastic in 2010, since then we have been
designing a series of devices and contraptions to collect and process
the sea plastic into sea chairs with tags indicating the geographic
coordinates of where it was made.

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For every piece of apparel and art we sell, 50% of the proceeds will go towards organizing beach cleanups.

guenther — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:07:49 +0000

http://www.coastalplayground.com/

http://www.coastalplayground.com/about-1/

?For every piece of apparel and art we sell, 50% of the proceeds will go
towards organizing beach cleanups.? ? Andrew Sneddon

OUR STORY

In early 2000, the journey began while bodyboarding on the Southern
California Coast. I was in my final years of high school and had all the
time in the world to surf, work on my art, and mess around in a couple
bands (I played drums). So, my friends and I took full advantage. I
remember deciding at that time that I would make this my life. Waves,
the Ocean, Art, and Music would not only be part of my lifestyle, but
how I would eventually make a living. Unfortunately the idea faded a
little due to financial struggles, money was not as easy to come by and
I was on a top ramen budget. But, Coastal Playground still always
lingered in my mind.

Years later the idea finally became reality with the help and
encouragement of my wife and childhood friend Adrian. This time we had
some new ideas and an actual budget. Not only would we promote this
lifestyle but we would take the idea a step further...

All too often, when I am out in the ocean I notice trash floating in the
line up. I would also find myself stepping on bottle caps, cigarette
butts, and other random pieces of plastic crap walking down to the
water. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY BEACH!?!? I was tired of watching this
get worse so I began doing some research to see what I could do to help
change this, and it hit me! The light bulb was bright, bells were
ringing, and alarms were sounding. It was time for action!!! I would
take my new idea along with my Coastal Playground lifestyle and turn it
into something that would really give back to our communities. This is
how the 50/50 concept came about.

http://youtu.be/SuqYjQLOnlU

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Ghostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life

guenther — Fri, 09 May 2014 10:47:55 +0000

http://theconversation.com/ghostly-art-made-from-debris-that-menaces-marine-life-23992

6 March 2014, 4.27am GMT
Ghostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life

By Scott Mitchell, Australian Museum and Erik van Sebille

With more than half a million people participating in last Sunday?s
Clean Up Australia Day, it?s perhaps not surprising that some odd
objects came to light. Not all the rubbish was on land, and not all the
rubbish was what you might normally expect to find in the water.

In New South Wales, divers in the Hastings River removed shopping
trolleys, mobile phones and a scooter, while Tasmania?s Derwent River
yielded bicycles, car batteries and even furniture. It?s a reminder that
individual actions can have dramatic impacts underwater, especially when
we normally have no way of seeing it.

Nobody knows that better than the indigenous people who live on the Gulf
of Carpentaria and Torres Strait, the parts of Australia most affected
by drifting ghost nets. Lost or abandoned from fishing vessels, ghost
nets can be up to 6 kilometres long and are known to kill more than 200
species of marine animals and birds. They also damage culturally and
biologically significant reefs, and can be hazardous to the small boats
typically used by indigenous people.

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The girl that became immortal!

guenther — Wed, 07 May 2014 20:55:54 +0000

http://youtu.be/v60Q7Tbct34

The girl that became immortal!
OneEarth OneOcean

Published on 8 Apr 2014
To make the world aware of the effects of plastic pollution, we decided
to play a huge prank on some unsuspecting litterbugs who were enjoying a
regular beach day. What happened next needs to be seen to be believed.
DONATE AT: http://www.last4ever.de

Music by: Neonschwarz
Song: On a journey

https://www.youtube.com/user/Immortaldeeds

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